The FIBA Africa Championship 1987 was an international basketball tournament for teams in the

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zone hosted by

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from December 17 to December 18, 1987. The games were played in

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. The top two countries in this FIBA Africa Championship earned the two berths allocated to Africa for the

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won the tournament, the country's 2nd African championship, by beating

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in the final.

Competing Nations

The following national teams competed:

Preliminary rounds

Group A

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

Group B

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5

Knockout stage

Classification stage

Final standings

C.A.R. roster
François Naouéyama, Jean-Pierre Kotta, Guy Mbongo, Eugene Pehoua-Pelema, Richard Bella, Aubin Goporo, Anicet Lavodrama, Christian Gombé, Fred Goporo, Bruno Kongawoin, Kader Fall, Oumarou Sanda

Awards

External links

FIBA Archive

References

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